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(1) there's something on your back (to Donna)
(2) your song is going to end soon (the Ood to the Dr.AND Donna)
(3) Rose - return
(4) Where have the bees gone?
(5) the "loss" of worlds
(6) Mentions of Venus - in at least 2 eps
(7) Jenny - Jenny Who? Maybe not. Glad she has other work to keep her busy.

anymore?

* My moneys not on the doctor regenerating but on the docotr AND donnas song ending. ie she will not make it out of this seaon in one peace

[Quote by: Gabriel Chase] * My moneys not on the doctor regenerating but on the docotr AND donnas song ending. ie she will not make it out of this seaon in one peace

There was picture of DT in the London Lite (free paper for commuters) last week standing in a street with fake snow filming this Years Xmas Special, so I guess a regeneration is off the cards this season.

Regarding recurring themes, I notice RTD likes making his characters into immortals (Jack and Jenny in DW, Owen in Torchwood).

If half the art of survival is running away, the other half is knowing when to keep a straight face.

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(1) there's something on your back (to Donna)
(2) your song is going to end soon (the Ood to the Dr.AND Donna)
(3) Rose - return
(4) Where have the bees gone?
(5) the "loss" of worlds
(6) Mentions of Venus - in at least 2 eps
(7) Jenny - Jenny Who? Maybe not. Glad she has other work to keep her busy.

[Quote by: stjohnny] Wasn;t there 'a storm coming' at the end of "Fear Her"?
That amounted to nothing!

Nothing. 2 universes coming together and Daleks and Cybermen! thats a pretty big storm if you ask me

(1) there's something on your back (to Donna)
(2) your song is going to end soon (the Ood to the Dr.AND Donna)
(3) Rose - return
(4) Where have the bees gone?
(5) the "loss" of worlds
(6) Mentions of Venus - in at least 2 eps
(7) Jenny - Jenny Who? Maybe not. Glad she has other work to keep her busy.
(8) Cloning/Birth
(9) Shadow Proclamation
(10) Medusa Cascade

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(7) Jenny - Jenny Who? Maybe not. Glad she has other work to keep her busy.

I would suggest that the recurrent theme isn't really about Jenny-as-daughter, but the Doctor-as-father. The prefiguring dialogue never mentions anything about even the gender of the offspring, but the fact of the Doctor's parental status.

"I think of myself as ambitious in casting terms, and I know that Bonnie [Langford] has the potential to make the part totally unirritating . . ." — JNT, 1986

• I personally wonder whether Martha's engagement isn't set up for something as well. Certainly, it's a contrast to Donna's luck with men, and that whole little talk at the end of "The Doctor's Daughter" between Martha and Donna makes me believe it might be significant. She's essentially saying that one day a man might take Donna away from the Doctor. And given Donna's desire to get married, it's just possible that this might have something to do with Donna's eventual departure. On Martha's side, I think it's a way of re-establishing Tom, who may yet re-appear.

In a related vein:

• "We're not a couple"/"We're not together" is, I think, going to end up being more than just a gag. Even if it's not, though, it's definitely a recurring thing.

• And then there's Rose's return, and the romantic implications that has for the Doctor.

So I think in general we can say one of the themes might be "Love TARDIS Style" , "All the companions' men", "3 Weddings and a Doctor" or somesuch.

"I think of myself as ambitious in casting terms, and I know that Bonnie [Langford] has the potential to make the part totally unirritating . . ." — JNT, 1986